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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
25500 KES ($253 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life currently different from how it was four months ago?
I built a small house for my son who had nowhere to sleep thereby forcing him to share a roof with his grandmother which was already proving to be a very uncomfortable thing for him. I am now happy that he has his own house where he has his own privacy.
Do you have any new or additional goals for your life for the next four months?
I had talked to one of my nephews who promised me that he will add me some cash to enable me complete my project of building a new house for my family. Right now I can say that his promise is what is standing between me and my dream house but I am just here waiting patiently for him to fulfill his promise.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life in the last four months preceding the current transfer.
In my daily life there have been a lot of changes because for one I was able to buy enough building materials that I will use to build a new permanent house for my family. I have not yet erected the new structure but I am at peace and settled just by the fact that I have everything in place ready awaiting the process to kick-start.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
I am sure that once I am done with the construction process I will come up with another idea of what I want to achieve but for now my main focus remains to be the construction of the house. This is what i want to concentrate on and make sure that I do it to the best of my ability.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
23675 KES ($235 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the money is that I feel happy knowing that very soon I'll have decent house.
How do you expect your life to change in the next six months?
In the next six months I expect to have completed plastering my house.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is currently different from the way it would have been had I not received the money from GiveDireclty in that I was able to raise money once for buying the building materials that I have always longed for in my life.
Do you have any new goals that you didn't have before receiving the transfer?
The only goal I have is to plaster mhy house so that it can be decent.
Enrolled
access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have in life is lack of money to buy house hold items that my family use on a daily basis.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the afternoon after coming back from the farm relaxing, because I always believe that it's farm work that is hard as compared to other chores.
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend my transfer on plastering my house.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The achievement I am proudest of is that I managed to buy a cupboard plus the plates inside it through selling of the produce that I got from the farm.
